Hawaii

State Director Mark White gets ready to collect signatures on a Father's Day weekend event in Hawaii.

Our Convention of States Hawaii team had great success over the Father's Day weekend collecting over 110 petition signatures during the Hawaii Rifle Association's annual Shooting Sports Fair at the Koko Head Range in East Oahu. We set up an outdoor table under a big Banyan tree for shade, right next to the registration tent, tied up our banners, spread out our 2nd Amendment and FAQs, Palm cards and pocket Constitutions on the table for people to read and then started collecting signatures.

The trick is having more than one person work the table by approaching people (away from the table!) and ask them directly to help us by singing our petition. Immediately, they'll ask: "What's it for"? That's when you can start talking about Convention of States, just make it quick and concise! We had to be ready when the event opened each day as the registration line got long in the morning. It took all three of us to work the line down without interfering with registration.

One way to approach people when you have to get through a line of over 100 in a hurry. Print out blank petition signature slips and staple them individually to the palm cards. Pass those out throughout the long registration line. Ask folks to sign the petition, explain Convention of States, then leave the card and blank petition form with them (along with a pencil). Ask them to read more about Convention of States on the palm card and when they get done filling out the form, bring it over to the table to get a free pocket constitution. Move on to the next group.....

Brett Kulbis, Hawaii Grassroots Coordinator for Convention of States.

Instead of using the standard one-page petition signature form, we used a 4-signature petition form we made up last year and had printed. Each signature area asked for the same information but doesn't include the actual text of the message itself. Along with a Pocket Constitution we provided a copy of the 1-page petition as it shows the email that's sent to state legislators.

Our 4-signature petition form works pretty well for us. Minimizes papers and allows us to mingle with groups better.

These cards with the petition signature strips attached worked pretty well as they allow me to keep moving through a big crowd on my own until help arrived.

The Convention of States Project's application is now officially filed in the Hawaii Senate! On Friday, March 11th, Senator Sam Slom along with seven co-sponsoring Senators, filed the COS application in the Senate seeking an amendment-proposing convention of the states to restore our Constitutional Republic.

The official Senate Resolution number is SR80, along with its identical Senate Concurrent Resolution SCR114.

Now with resolutions filed in 38 other states in 2015 and already passed in 6 states, SR80 sets the agenda of the meeting to consider amendments to, 1) impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, 2) limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government and,3) limit the terms of office for federal officials and for members of Congress.

This begins the process in the Senate! This is the 3rd of 4 emails in this series you'll receive asking for your help to reach out to state legislators. Please take a moment right now to contact the Senate members on the Judiciary and Labor Committee and ask them to support Convention of States Resolution SR27 by bringing it to a committee hearing!

Click on the links below to send an email to the Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee members. Then please call the members of that committee to declare your support for SR80 and SCR114. Please be polite, respectful, and grateful for their service to Hawaii. Suggested email text and phone script is below.

Aloha Senator,

As a resident of Hawaii I want you to know I strongly support the Convention of States effort to rein in the power of the federal government and return that power to the States. Since you are a member of the Senate Judiciary and Labor Committee, I request you give Senate Resolution #80 and Senate Concurrent Resolution #114 a hearing in the JDL Committee and vote to send these resolutions to the floor of the Senate for passage.

This is the 2nd of 4 notices you'll receive asking for your help to contact state legislators. The Convention of States Project resolution number HR27 was filed in the Hawaii House of Representatives on Friday, March 4th by Representative Bob McDermott and it was also been assigned to the House Finance Committee.

It’s very important to bring this resolution to hearing. Please take a moment right now to contact House of Representative members on the Finance Committee and ask them to schedule the Convention of States resolution HR27 for a committee hearing!

Click on the link below to send an email to each of the Finance Committee members. Then please call these members to express your strong support for Convention for States resolution HR27. Please be polite, respectful and grateful for their service to Hawaii. Suggested email and telephone text below.

Aloha Representative and Finance Committee Member,

As a resident of Hawaii I want you to know I strongly support the Convention of States effort to rein in the power of the federal government and return that power to the States. I request you give House Resolution #27 a hearing in the FIN committee and vote to send HR27 to the floor of the House for passage.

The Convention of States Project's application is now officially filed in the Hawaii House of Representatives! On Friday, March 4th, Representative Bob McDermott filed the COS application in the House seeking an amendment-proposing convention of the states to restore our Republic.

The official House Resolution number is HR27.

In conformity with the resolutions filed in 38 states in 2015 and already passed in 6 states, HR27 sets the agenda of the meeting to consider amendments that..."impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress."

This begins the process! This is the first of 3 more emails you'll receive asking for your help to contact state legislators. Please take a moment right now to contact House of Representative members on the Judiciary committee and ask them to support Convention of States resolution HR27 by bringing it to a committee hearing!

Click on the links below to send and email to the Judiciary Committee members. Then please call the members to declare your support for HR27. Please be polite, respectful, and grateful for their service to Hawaii. Suggested email text is below.

Aloha Representative and JUD Committee Member,

As a resident of Hawaii I want you to know I strongly support the Convention of States effort to rein in the power of the federal government and return that power to the States. I request you give House Resolution #27 a hearing in the JUD committee and vote to send HR27 to the floor of the House for passage.

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